Poison-distributer



G. L. BELLAMY.

POISON DISTRIBUTER.

(N0 Mode'l.)

No. 433,438. Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

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' fixed to the shaft as to give the'powder a UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES L. BELLAMY, OF ARLINGTON, NEXV JERSEY.

POISON-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,438, dated August5, 1890.

Application filed March 20, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. BELLAMY, a citizen of the United Statesresiding, at Arlington, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements in Poison-Distributers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to devices employed for the distributionof poison in the shape of powder, for destroying bugs, &c., upon potatoor other infested vines, and has for its object the provision of adistributer cheap and simple to construct and effective in operation.

To attainthe desired end, my invention consists, essentially, in abarrow provided with an adjustable supporting-frame, wherein isjournaled a horizontal rotatable shaft bearing at each side of thesupporting-frame an adjustable perforated powder-receptacle, so

sliding movement downward and forward. The horizontal shaft is providedwith a band wheel or pulley, wherefrom passes a drivingband to a similarpulley mounted upon the shaft of the barrow-wheel, and means areprovided for tightening or loosening the band at the pleasure of theoperator; and myinvention also involves'certain other novel and usefulcombinations or arrangement of parts and peculiarities of constructionand operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described,and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. of my poison-distributer,and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

A is the body of the barrow,B the supporting-wheel, and O the handles.

D are the legs, located in the usual manner.

E is the shaft of wheel 13, supporting at each extremity an adjustablearm F. Said arms are connected together by a shaft G, provided with acrank 11, and bearing an arm I, wherein is located a roller J. From arm11 passes a cord K under a pulley L to a bell-crank M. The object ofthis arrangement vis to enable the operator to cause thepoison-receptacles to rotate or not at will, for by raising the SerialNo. 344,632. (No model.)

fcrank M the cord K will be tightened,throwing the roller J against theband T, tightening the same, and causing the shaft whereonthereceptacles are mounted to revolve. hen the cord K is slackened, theband T will be loosened, and the band will not have sufficient frictionto cause the shaft to revolve. Thus the powder may be caused to drop atany point, in accordance with the distance apart of the plant-hills.

At the side of the barrow is fixed a standard N, to which is pivoted anotched bar P, arranged to engage with shaft G. As th estandards arepivoted at E, the parts supported therein may be tipped forward orbackward. The bar P, pivoted to the standard N, is provided with notcheswhich engage with shaft G, preventing the tipping forward or backwardofthe parts supported in standards F, except at the will of theoperator, for if he desires to throw the receptacles forward and nearerto the plants he raises the bar P from engagement with shaft G and dropsthe said bar so that the desired notch will hold the parts in place.

R is a horizontal shaft journaled in the arm F and bearing a pulley S,over which a band T passes to a similar pulley U at the side of wheel B.I have shown cone-pulleys, as by their use the speed of the revolutionof shaft B may be varied.

V are receptacles for holding the powder to be distributed. Thesereceptacles are perforated and are adjustably mounted upon shaft R bymeans of a set-screw r. The shaft R passes diagonally through thereceptacle,

as particularly shown in Fig. 2.

WV is a vertical bar pivoted on rod G and normally held against shaft Rby a spring Y. At the bottom of this bar is a foot a,whioh is arrangedto be struck bya pin or pins 1), fixed in the side of wheel U.

c is a jacket arranged to slip over a receptacleV when it is desiredthat but a portion of the perforations should be open for the escape ofthe powder. e are fillers for supplying the powder to receptacle V.

When constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoingdescription, my invention will be found admirably adapted to the usesand purposes for which it is intended.

The position of the receptacles upon the shaft may be made to conform tothe width between tate by reason of my peculiar method the rows of vinesby moving the receptacles toward or away from the center of thesupporting-shaft and setting the screw 0*, and by means of theadjustable standards F the height-of the receptacles from the ground maybe adjusted to suit the requirements of the vines wherewith the deviceis employed. WVhen the rows are continuous, by tightening the band thepowder will be continuously distributed, and when the distribution is tobe upon hills motion maybe imparted to the receptacles periodically bymeans of the belttightener, or the shaking of the powder from thereceptacles maybe accomplished through the medium of the bar NV and apin 1), which will cause the bar to strike against shaft R with eachrevolution or portion of a revolution of wheel U.

When the receptacles V are caused to roof loeating them upon the shaftR, the inelosed powder will have two motions, it will slide along thereceptacle in the-direction of movement of the barrow,while at the sametimeit will slide away from the barrow at right angles to the directionof movement of the same,

thus insuring a thorough and continuous sifting from the receptacles.

Having now fully described my invention, whatI claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a poison-distributer of the character herein specified, thecombination, with a horizontal rotatable shaft and means for impartingmotion to the same, of a perforated powder-receptacle secured to saidshaft, the outer wall of the receptacle being at an angle to the shaft,-substantially as and for the uses and purposes shown and described.

2. In a poison-distributer of the character herein specified, a barrowsupporting a rotatable shaft bearing powder-receptacles, a belt or bandpassing from a pulley upon the shaft of the barrow-wheel to a pulleyupon the shaft whereon the receptacles are mounted,

and a cord passing from the hand portion of the barrow-handle to alever, whereby the operator may cause the receptacle-shaft to rotate orremain stationary, substantially as shown and described.

3. The eombinatiomwith the rotatable shaft and the powder-receptaclessecured thereto, of the bar pivoted beneath said shaft, one end of saidbar bearing thereagainst and the other arranged to be struck by pins ina wheel upon a barrow-axle, a coiled spring engaging with the bar andforcing it against the receptacle-shaft, the whole mounted upon abarrowframe, substantially as shown and described.

4. A poison-distributer in which is comprised a barrow-frame having awheel at one extremity and handles at the other, adjustable barssupported at each side of the said wheel and connected together by arevoluble shaft bearing perforated powder-receptacles and a pulley, apulley upon the shaft of the barrowwheel, a loose band connecting saidpulleys, and a band-tightener mounted upon a shaft passing between theadjustable standards, said shaft'being provided with a crank, and amanipulating-cord passing therefrom to a bell-crank upon thebarrow-handle, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a poison-distributer of the character ranged to engage with theconnecting-rod, substantially as and for the uses and purposes shown anddescribed.

CHARLES L. BELLAMY. WVitnesses:

A. M. PIERCE, GERTRUDE WARD.

